Improvement in machines for making cigarettes



3 Sheets-Sheet i. M. J. LOPEZ Y MANOZ.

CIGAR MACHINE.

No, 48,141. Patented'Jline 6,1865,

3 Sheets--Sheet 2 J. LOPEZ Y MANOZ. 01111111 111110111115.

110. 48,141. Patehted June a, 1865.

- J 3 Sheets-Sheet 3. M. J. LOPEZ Y MANOZ.

01am MAGHINE.

N 48,141. PatntedJune 6, 1865.

p vsary forone cigarette.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

-MANUELJ. LOPEZ Y MUNOZ, on HAVANA, CUBA.

IIMPROVEMIENTIN MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARETTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,141, dated June 6,18(i5.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANUEL J. LOPE -2 'IMUITIOZ, of the city ofHavanmin' the Island of Cuba, have invented anew and Improved Machinefor Making Cigarettes; and I do hereby declare that the following'is'afull and exact description-of the same, reference being had'to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure I represents a longitudinal section of the machine, Fig. 11 is aplan ortopview of the 'sam'e,-withsome of the upper parts removed. Fig.,[II is-an end viewof the same.

Fig-IV shows .the driving-wheels and shafts through which the differentmotions are obtained. The other figures show details,"and will bereferred to in the description.

.. In the accompanyingdrawings, AA repre sent the side frames, uponwhich a hopper, B,

is-fastened to contain the tobacco and for makin g the cigarettes. Into,this hopper B a shaft,

a, is fitted, provided with prongs or points e e,

"projecting upward and downward, to shake up the tobaccm'soas to "allowthesarn'e .to fall easily downward. For this purpose avibratoryIUOtlOLLiS communicated to said shaft (1 through an arm, 15, fastened-tothe end of said shaft, and'connected through the-rod. 16 with a pin, 17,attached to the eccentric'wheel' 18,

:secu'red on the end of the main driving-shaft f S. ==In the lower partof this hopper B a drum, .0, is placed, provided with a cavity,.89,conv-v taining the exact quantity oftobacco neces-.

runsinsuitable bearings in the frames A and A, and is provided at itsend with a pinion, D,.capable of sliding on the smooth surface'of aring, E, fast on the driving-shaft S, and at the same time'capable ofbeing turnedarotlnd. by teeth 40 and 41, attached at different pointsonthe circumference of this ring F is a guide-pulley, provided withlarge flanges for the purpose of guiding the paper 'forthelcigarettesinto the machine. This pul- My runs on' cen'ters'lattached to the framesA and A.

G G are the feeding-rollers to bring the pa- The roller G runs inbearings-in the frames A A, and i Provided at one end with a pinion orteeth wheel, 42, to

give motion to the same, as will be hereinafter The shaft of this drum:

described. The roller G runs'in hearings on theendof levers d d,turnin gon centers f fixed; to theframes A A. The other'eud of said levers d dare acted upon by'springse'igc, so as .to press the surfaces of the two"reilers 130-- gether to produce the required friction on the paper. Asmall pinion, 3, on the roller G, mesh-' ing into a correspondingpinion, 2, on the roller G, com

municates the required motion to the latter. 1 z 7 3 On thedriving-shaft S awheel, H-,(see Figs. II, III, and V,) isfastenedphavinglon part or .its circumference teeth A5 cut or attached.A

pinion, J constructed similar to theinion D, is made to work upon 1 saidwheel H, and capable of being turned around by the said teeth v45.; Thispinion J is fast on a shaft, H, run ning in bearings .A and A this shaft11 a pinion on teeth wheel, 43, is

fastened, working into an intermediate wheel,

44, which latter meshes into the pinion 42 fast on the roller-shaft G,and commuuicatesin that manner the desired motion to'saidshaft Gr, andwhich latter communicates through the pinio'ns 3 and 2 K is thecutting-bar, and L is the cuttinglinife, acting together to cut thepaper after-the desired quantity necessary for a cigarette has beenmoved intothe machine. This cuttingbar. K is firmly secured totheframeA, and to a frame, A; (Seeblue lines in'Fig. II.) The knife L turnsoua-pin,46, fast to the frame A, and is operated by a rod, formin g aconnection between the said knife L and a slidiu'g bar, Id, working insuitable guides in the frame B, and operated by the crank 21 on the end.of the shaft P.

and a pinion, 20.

Againstthe wheel Z, fast on'thedriviug shaft S, a segment, L, isfastened-in such 'a position that by the revolution of the shaft Ssaid-segment L" will mesh into, the pinion 20,

turning thereby the same, and consequentlythe shaft Pand erank 21, andthrough which motion will be given to the sliding bar k, which saidmotion is communicated to the knife L, whichlatter, acting against theedge of the cutting-bar K',.will cutoff that part of On the'end ofmotion to..the rollerG. (See,

This shaft P runs in. I

hearings in the frames'B and B, "and is'pro-v 'vided on its other endwith a disk-wheel, '19,

the papervwhiclrhas been pushedz-into the ma chine.

To look the shaft P,and to prevent the motion of the knife L at alltimes, except when operated by the action of the segment L, alocklever,22, acted upon 'bya spring, 23, and provided with a small pulley atits'end,is arranged,

working against the surface of the disk-wheel 19 during the revolutionof the shaft 1?, and

the roller 0 a pinion, 12, is arranged, meshing into a pinion, l4,faston a small shaft-,o,running likewise in hearings in. the projection m.This pinion 14 meshes into a pinion, 13, arranged near the middle-of theroller w,-and communicates the motion given to the roller '0 to thisroller w. The circumferences of the rollers 12 and to nearly touch eachother, and the-outside circumferences of the pinions 12 and 13 are madeto correspond withthe circumferences of their respective rollers. (SeeFig. V1.) The rollers *0 and w run in suitable hearings in the swingingframe X X. The

shaft of the'roller 42. extends through the frames and receives at oneend the pinion 6,.

which meshes into thepinion 5, from which it receives the" requiredmotion. end of the shaft of roller 1: a pinion, 7, is attached, meshinginto a pinion, -8, which latter works the pinion'9, attached'on the endof the shaft of the roller 10, and communicates thereby the desiredmotion to said roller w. Figs. VI, VIII.) The rollers sand '0 receivetheir motionsfrom the pi'nionii, meshing into their respective pinions 4and 6, as above de-- scribed. This pinion 5 is fixed to a pinion, W, andturns, together with the same, upon a stud fastened in the-frame A. (SeeFigs. III and IV.) The pinion W is made to work into the teeth 50 49, aswell as-upon the surface of the wheel W, fastened on the'driving-shaftS,

faudis constructed similar to the pinions D and J. r

The swinging frames X X are fastened to the frames A A by means of thepins y,'(see Figs. III and V111,) capable of swinging upon said pins,and are held in the desired position against the frames A A, and so thatthe pinion 6 will be in gear with the pinion 5 by meansof'spring-cattahesm attached to the frames .A A, acting upon pins orprojections 1- attached to the frames Xand X. The frames of the bar X. Y

To the hub of the wheel H an arm, q, is attached, and to the wheel W a.pin, q",'is attasted, which, during the revolutionof the said X X arefirmly connected together by means On. the other (See wheels, come incontact with the spring-catches 1", so as to throw the same clear of theprojections 1', and allow thereby the frames X X to be moved on thestuds y. This motion is produced by means of an arm, p, fast'ened to theframe X, coming in contact with a pin, 2, fastened to the wheel W. p

To the bar X a bent lever,'T,'- is hinged, capable of turning on thecenter pin, t, and acted upon by a spring, 2, fast to the bar X,pressing said lever T outward and downward. The upper-end of the leveris made nearly as wide as the cigarette is long, (see Fig. VIII,) andshaped so as to lit loosely between the rollers v and v. The lower endof this lever Tis acted upon during the revolution "of the driving-shaft'S by projections or cams U and [1 attached to "said shaft'S.

E is a lever turning looselyon afixed centhe shaft S in such a mannerthat through .said cam this lever E shall take firm hold of the bar Xand hold the same, and conse-' quently the frames X X, close to theframes A A in the required position until the springlevers 9" are thrownclear of the projections 7', when the surface of this cam F willlikewise allow the lever E to fall by its own weight clear of .the barX,and allow the frames X X to be movedinthe manner abovedescribed.

N is the forming-lever attached to a'crankshaft, andguided at its upperend by a friction-roller, m, between projecting flanges, and near itslower ,part by flanges m at its sides and attached to the hopper B. IThe crank-shaft O, which operates this forming-lever N, turns insuitable bearings in the frames A A, and is provided at its end with apinion,

Y, similar in construction to the pinions J and D. This pinion movesupon the surface of a wheel, W, attached to the driving-shaft S, and

is capable of being worked by teeth 24., 25, and 26, attached atdifferent points around the circumference of the wheel W. Through theseteeth the crank-shaft 0 receives motion, either to make-afull revolutionor only to make part of a revolution, and consequently alonger orshorter amount of motion will be communicated to the forming-lever'N, asmay be required, for the purpose hereinafter explained. To this shaft 0a small arm, I), is attached, acting upon a spring-lever, w, and actedupon by a spring, as, for the purpose of bringingthe shaft 0-, and

consequently the forming-lever N, back again into its upward or topposition whenever only a motion less than theifull motion has beencommunicated .to said lever N or to the shaft 7 0. A earn, a, providedwith one tooth on which a catch-lever, it, works, is attached to thisshaft 0, for the purpose of stopping the upward motion of the lever N,and to prevent the same being forced up beyond thefixed position by theaction ,of the spring-lever w against the arm b.

' against the action ot'thc springs 71/.

shaft 0, which comes in contact with pins or projections'27, 28, 29, 30,and 31, fixed on the side of thewhe'el W, and through which, saidpinsacting against the arm Y, a short motion- .is communicated to theforming-lever N.

R It are'small shafts supported in bearings in thefram'es F F, situatedat each end of'the cigarette when in the machine. The inner end of theseshafts is bent'and provided with a flatpointed lever, ltgthe uppersurface of which,

when at rest, willbe just belowthe paper of the cigarette. Between thebearings of this shaft a pinion, 32, is fastened to said sha'ftlt,working into a-rack, 33, guided'in the frame F. The lower end ofthe'rack 33 is attached to a lever, N, fast ona shaft, T; This shaft Truns in hearings in the frames AA, and

i is provided at its end with an arm, 34, connected through the rod 35with a lever, M, movingon a fixed center, 36, attached to the frame ofthe machine. I

' To the side of 'the'wheel Z a projection, J, is attached, which,during the revolution of saidwheel, comes in contact with the lever M,communicatingto the same tbedesired motion, which is communicated to theshaft T, and through its ar1ns'N"N to the racks 33, which latter, actingin the pinions 32 fastened to the shafts It, communicate to said shafts,and con-. sequently to the levers R, the-required mo-' .tionaboutone-half of arevolution.

Q Q, are levers turning on fixed centerss, fastto theframesA A. Theselevers are situated near the center, between therollers 'v t on eachside, and clear of the cigarettes. The

heads of these levers are placed a little on one side of thelevers It,sufficiently that they may clear each other in their respective.motions.

This-leverQ is connected through the rod 11 with aspring-lever, h,turningon a fixed ecu-- whereby. the desired motion is given to saidshaftP, and consequently tothe arms g, to opmate the averse, andconsequerrtlythc levers Q, as above -descri-bed.- v r The wheel- Z maybe provided with teeth and operated by a pinion, to give the desiredmotion to the shaft ,S, or the same maybe turned byany other and'convenient device.

The operation of themachineris as follows: l\-Iotion" bcing-' given tothe shaft S in the direction indicated by the arrow, Figs. IV and V, thefeeding -.rollers G G have drawn part of the paper necessary for makingone cigart ettc into tho-machinebytheaction of the teeth 45 on wheel H,upon the pinion J, which, as

above described, operates said feeding --roller through the gearing 43,44, and 42. Atfthe same time'the forming rollers have been put inmotion'by the action of the teeth 50 on the wheel W upon the pinion W,to which latter the pinion 5is connected, operatingthepinions 4 and 6,and througb,""the same the formingrollers aw and a w,as above described.The, paper used for making the cigarettes is. taken from an endless rollof paper running freely in supports some distance from the machine; The

same passes over the guide roller-1F and between the feeding rollers GG, between the cutting; bar K and the knife L, over the dis- 'tance orbrace bar M, and upon the rollers u 12; When the shaft S has revolvedthrough that part of the circle to the line marked 52" the requiredquantity of paper for o'neeigarette has been moved uponthefori'n'ing-roll-v ers, andthe teeth 45 of the wheel H come then outof gearwi-th the pinion J, and consequently the feeding of the paperceases, be-

ing then only held fast between the surfaces of said feeding-rollers.-The motion of the forming rollers continues some little time to 'getthepaper to lie smooth and even upon the rollers 12 c; Whenthedriving-shaft S has been turned to the line marked 53, Fig. IV,

the motion of the forming rollers is stopped,

on account of the tooth 50 coming clear of the.

pinion W. ln that position the teeth 25 on the wheel W operate thepinion Y on the end of the crank-shalt O, and act upon the same untilthe revolution of the shaft S has passed the space from line 53 to line54, causing thereby the shaft Oto make a full revolution, andconsequently giving the sameamount of motion to the forming-lever N. Bythis motion 'of'the lever N the sam'e'has been moved upon a the paperand downward between the formingrollers 21 w and c 'wgcarrying thepaper,- which is still held firmly between the feeding-rollers GG,downward,and thus forming a cavity in the paper, or bending said paperinto the space formed by the forming-rollers. The latter part of therevolution 'of the crank-shaft O- has brought the forming-lever N againout of the space between the foriningroller's and clear of the same, aswell as of .the end of the paper, The teeth 41 of the wheel E act nowupon the pinion D, which latter operates the drum 0 in the hopper B andturns. said drum around, so that the tobacco which has fallen in thecavity 29 insaid drum is brought downward and ab lowdfthtfifall out ofthe bottom opening of thehopper B into the bent part or cavity of thepaper between the formingrollers. During this-revolution ofthedriving-sliaft the arm U on said shaft has likewise moved, so as toact now against the-lower part of the lever T,forc-. .ing thereby'theupper end ofsaid lever inward toward the fori1iing-roller's,$andac'tinglthu s against .theback Ofthe forming-lever N so as to move thesame over the space between the rollers'v c and over the tobacco whichhas fall-i en upon the paper. The tooth 26cm the wheel Wacts now uponthe pinion Y, moving thereby the crank-shaftO aboutone-iiftharound,whereby the crank is moved nearer toward the hopper and movedsomewhat downward. By this operation the forming-lever is broughtlikewise lower down upon the tobacco, and directly over the middle ofthe same. The pin 27 on the side of the wheelW operates now the arm Y.on the end of the crank-shaft O, causing thereby, through saidcrank-shaft, the forming-lever N to move downward, so as to act upon thetobacco which has fallen upon the paper and vdistribute the same evenlyover its whole'length.

While the lever N acts thus upon the tobacco the same holds likewise thepaper fast against therollers v w. Atthe same time this opera tion isperforming, the teeth of thesegment L come into the teeth of the pinion20, fast to the end of" the shaft P, operating thereby said shaft,aswell as the crank 21 and consequently the slidingbarjk and rod 9, soas to move the knife L against the lower cutting-edge of the cutting-barK, and-cut thereby the paper through. The completion of the revolutionof the'shaft P will bring the knife L back again Y into its originalposition, as represented in the drawings, and the lock-lever 22,'whichduring therevolution was forced out of the recess in the disk-wheel 19,falls again into the recess,

and thus locks the shaftP., a-s well as all parts connected with thesame, during the remaining v part of the revolution of the machine.- Theforming-lever N is then moved again upward, when the pin 28 acts againupon the arm Y, and consequently uponthe forming-lever, so

- as'to move the same again downward. During this motion of:thc'forming-lever the same has taken hold of the end of the paper andturned or laid the same overthe tobacco The teeth 1 act one afterthe-ether. upon the arm Y, and

consequently upon the forming-lever N, givingthe same each time a slight.down ward motion, thereby pressing each ti metheci garette sli gh tl ytogether at fthe side nearest the roller v-and assist the rolling up ofthe'same.

edge of the forming-roller N is sligh tl y serra ted,

The lower and its innerand lower surface is covered witharfelastic an-drough-surface- -such as indiarubber, cloth, or hair-to} take easilyholdof the paper without tearing the same. 'During each action of thepins 27, 28, 29, 30, or 31 upon the crank-shaft O and lever N throughthe arm Y the arm I) presses upon the spring-lever a:, forcing the-samedownward, whereby, as soon as'either of the'above-mentioned pins hasfinished its action upon the arm Y, this crankshaft 0 will be acted uponby this' 'spring-lever as through the arm b, turning said shaft 0 backagain, so as to bring thereby the forming-lever N back again into itstop tposition-until'stopped by the lever n comingagainst the tooth onthe cam at, fast to said shaft 0. When the teeth 49 have passed thepinion W the motion of the forming-rollers is stopped. The. projectionor cam U acts now upon the lower end of. the leverT, moving therebytheupper end of said lever between the rollers 22 o and upon the rolledcigarette, so as to hold the same fast be tween its end and the rollersw w. The cigarette, which is now held tight, as above described, restswith its ends upon the small 1evers R R. The projection 11 comes now incontact with the arm Q, fast to theend of the shaft P, operating-thesame in such a manner that the arms y will press upon the levers h, soasto move the same dow'nward,'and consequently likewise the levers Q, bywhich operation the upper part of the ends of thefpa'per of thecigarette is pressed downward and inward, and closed over-the tobaccothrough the ends of said levers Q. Before the ends of the levers Q'aremoved away and are still holding the paper ends pressed down theprojection J acts against thelever M and operates the same,

so as to move, through its connection, the sh afu T, which latter,through its arms N, operates the racks 33, pinions 32, and consequentlythe shafts Rand their levers or arms'ltfl communicating thereby to saidshafts about one-half revolution, by which'operation these arms R,

which, asiabove described, were situated'justbelow the cigarette, areturned around, so as to move nearly upon the. said cigarette,-and.

during wh'ich moti'o'n the endsofthe paper will be foldedup (the ends ofthe levers Q having left the cigarette) and turned over that partof thepaper which has been turned down over the tobacco by the action of thelevers Q, and thereby tightly closing up the ends of the cig arette. Thespring h, acting against the under side of the lever h',;has forced saidlever,

and consequently the levers-Q, up again into their original positioman'dthe spring 56, acting against 'thearm 57, fast to the shaft T,

will beleft loose upon the pins'or studs 3 The projection 04 on thewheel W comesnowin contaetwith the arm 19 on the side of the frame X,moving thereby the said frames, withall parts attached totheeamqaroun'd'the central studs, y,by which-operation theforming-rollers v w i are moved away from the forming-rollers o tosufficiently to allow the finished cigarette to fall out at the bottom.The teeth 24 on the wheel E act then upon the pinion Y at the end of thecrank-shaft), operating thereby the forming-lever N, so as to pushfirstthe cigarette out of the machineand then to bring saidforming-lever into its original position. The frames XX fall then bytheir own weight again into thespring-catches-r, and the cam F actsagain upon the leve'rE to'force the same up Y to lock the crossbarX,andc'onsequent-ly the frames X X, when the machine is againm position tobegin the formation of another cig-y arette.

, vWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent,- is.- i

1. The arrangement of the feeding-rollers G G, connected together andpressed together in the manner specified, and worked by means ofgearing,'infthe manner andforthe purpose substantially as described andset forth.

2. The arrangement and combination of the cutting-barK and knife L,worked by means of a segment, L, in the manner; and for the purposesubstantially, as, set forth. 3. The manner of workingtheforming-rollers v w bythe'pinions 12 13, in combination withthepinion 14, when said pinions "12 13 formpart'of the surface ofsaid-rollers.

4. The arran gementof the frame'sXX,swinging upon central studs, 4/.attached to the frames of the machine, and secured in their placeduringthe operation of the machine by spring-levers 7" an'da lever, E,acted upon by uarcain, F, in themanner specified.

5.. The arm q and the pin q, or their equivanew, acting uponthespring-levers'r,forthe purpose of disengaging thefsame, incombination withthe" pin or projection 10', acting upon an -arm,p,fast'to the said frames'Xor X, for the p'urpose'of swinging said framesaround central studs, y,"th e whole operating together in the manner andfor the purpose described.

6. The wheel W, aetin g upon-the pinion W, and the pinion 5, operating,through the pinions and 6, the forming-rollers, in the mannersubstantially as described.

7. The forming-lever N, attached to a crank 1 shaft 0, and operated byteeth "24 2'5 26and pins or projections 27, 28, 29, '30, and 31, in themanner and for the purposesubstantially as specified. v

8. The arm I), in combination with the springlever w, and the cam n, incombinationwiththe lever n, acting on thecrank-shaft O and theforming-lever N, in the manner described and set forth.

9. The lever T, acting upon the forming-lewer N, and operated byarmsorcams U and U, substantially as specified.

10'. Holding the rolled cigarette firmly in its place while the ends ofthe paper are closed by means of the lever T, operating in the mannerspecifiedy 7 11. The lever Q, operated in the manner specified, or itsequivalent, for the purpose of turning down the upper part of the paperat the ends of the cigarettes.

12. The levers R R, operatin gand arranged in the manner and for thepurpose substantiallyas set forth. i

13. Rolling the cigarette by the combined action of rollers 'v'wvv wand. a lever, N,'as described.

14, -Holding firmly'the paper'while being out by the action of the knifeL by meansof the feeding-rollers G G, and by theforming lever N, whilethe latter is acting upon the tobacco and distributin g the same evenlyon the paper. if

15. The combination of the feeding-rollers G G', the bar K, and knife L.theforming roll ers ow o w, the forming-bar N, the lever T, r the leversQ Q,'and the levers R B, when-arrangedycoinbined, and working togetherin-th'e manner and for the purpose substantially as set forth anddescribed.

, 16. The construction of the wheels H, W,E, '1

and W,attached to the driving-shaft and op erating the difierent partsoftthe machine, in the manner and purpose as set forth. I

MANUEL J. LOPEZ YMUNOZQ Witnesses HENRY E.'ROEDER,

WM. Rnrcnnnnn.

